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    While it took the radio 38 years, and the television a short 13 years, it took the World Wide Web only 4 years to reach 50 million users.
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    Windows 'Con' Folder
    Windows 'Con' Folder
    It’s not possible to create a folder named “con” on a Windows computer.
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    Alaska is the only state that can be typed on one row of keys on a QWERTY keyboard.
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    E-mail has been around longer than the World Wide Web.
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    In the 1980s, an IBM computer wasn't considered 100 percent compatible unless it could run Microsoft Flight Simulator*.
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    Computer programming is currently one of the fastest growing occupations.
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    On an average work day, a typist's fingers travel 12.6 miles.
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    The first webcam was used in 1991 by Cambridge researchers for checking the coffee pot without leaving their desks.
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